Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 4 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "SIAGON INTRIGUE" - Journal (Scott Neithammer), finally gives up “soldiering” on with his jungle rotted feet and catches a chopper to Saigon to get treatment at the 3rd Field Hospital. While there he decides to take a few days R&R and go out on the town. He quickly finds out that the Saigon nightlife takes on a completely different dimension when looking through the honest prism of a non-drinker. From the high-profile pleasure palaces on TuDo Street to the seedy little back street bars, the war is still there, just below the surface, and just as real and deadly as it is in the bush! Praise for Vietnam Journal: “..the best war comic in more than 35 years...grade A+” - Don Thompson, Comic Buyers Guide.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. This volume takes 'Journal' from late 1969, the Monsoon season, to May of 1970, and the beginning of the Cambodian incursion. As the war officially spreads into that neighboring country and tests the South Vietnamese Military on their capabilities of sustaining the war against the North Vietnamese Communists on their own. Along the way 'Journal' finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a juvenile sniper, and a private war for his own sanity as he is forced to fight a plague of rats at a forward firebase. And from a bitter sweet tryst in a back street bar in Saigon, to rolling into Cambodia with an untrustworthy cameraman new to his craft...the action never stops and questions about Neithammer's career choice continually lay just below the surface. Collects issues 1-5 of Vietnam Journal Series Two.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 9 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "The Three Legged Phantom of Tbong Khmum" - Scott "Journal" Neithammer is recovering from an injury received when he was ambushed on his last trip into Cambodia. Recovery is slow and he finds it necessary to use a cane to assist him in getting around. His future as a journalist is in doubt due to a warrant for his arrest recently issued by the Adjutant General, who is now investigating him for several counts including treason. With help from the troops, who have a fondness for him, he avoids the AG’s goon squad that is hot on his heals with the intent of arresting him and forcing him to cool his heals in Long Binh Jail until he can be tried on the charges. If found guilty of treason a long sentence in the Federal prison at Leavenworth way well be in his future. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal 4 written by Don Lomax and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Creator Don Lomax based Vietnam Journal on his experiences on his tour of duty in Vietnam in the mid 1960's. In BOOK THREE, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer returns to Vietnam, having recovered from his war injuries, but his expectations of being assigned to a safe area dissipate as he is dropped into the middle of a firefight in the Mekong Delta. Neithammer joins up with a new group deployed in the Vietnam War by the US Navy...the Seals. They're not exactly happy with the older 'Journal' tagging along but orders are orders. The problem is 'Journal' can't really figure out what the Seals' orders exactly are. As preparations get underway for the Dak To engagement, 'Journal' ventures out into the jungle but ends up escorting a pregnant villager to safety only to discover she's really with the enemy. And afterwards, as a battle rages towards occupying a hill that has no significant value, 'Journal' finds he has to deal with both choking gas and Vietcong snipers. These stories plus a short story titled "Dustoff" are included in Book Three. Collects issues 9-12. Published by Caliber Comics. Entertainment Weekly labels Vietnam Journal as "a graphic novel you should own" and is recommended by the Military History Book Club, while Max Brooks (World War Z) names Vietnam Journal as one of his best war comic series. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "This is, without a doubt, the most graphic, realistic and emotionally powerful portrayal of the Vietnam War that's ever been seen in comic form." - Jason E. Aaron, Wizard's 2008 Best Writer. "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. It's probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. "A powerful collection of stories and history of the Vietnam War, created by a veteran of both the war and of war comics." - Douglas P. Dave, School Library Journal.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal 4 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic and critically acclaimed 'Vietnam Journal' comic book series from war veteran Don Lomax. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal". As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt’s" point of view and to hell with the consequences. THIS ISSUE: In "Birds of Prey", 'Journal' comes across a secretive and very dangerous CIA Agent who mentally may or may not be completely stable. Included is a special 'Journal' bonus story "The 5.56 Blues". School Library Journal says of Vietnam Journal, "A powerful collection of stories and history of the Vietnam War." A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 12 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "Return to the A Shau" - Gladly leaving Long Binh Jail in his rearview, Journalist Scott Neithammer, has a price on his head issued by despot, would-be dictator Lon Nol, the new Prime Minister of Cambodia. At the 101st Airbourne base, Camp Evans, Journal meets Radio Specialist, Ulysses Simply. A friendly kid with an unscratchable itch to get into the action. He sees Journal as his ticket to the heat of battle at a remote, scarred knob hill, an American artillery outpost overlooking the enemy infested A Shau Valley. They call it Ripcord. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 6 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "SISTER EMILY" - 'Journal', wounded by a stray bullet, is taken in by Sister Emile and the orphanage Nuns for treatment. 'Journal' and Lindsey form an instant attachment for the Nuns and the orphanage of ethnic Vietnamese children, caught in the middle of the warring factions, and tagged for annihilation by the brutal butcher of Cambodia, and new President, Lon Nol. Desperation and panic envelop the group of refugees in a wild race for the border and sanctuary in the home of their ancestors, South Vietnam. But they are not alone. There is someone watching over them. And with help from above, the innocent children have a chance to survive the desperate situation.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott "Journal" Niethammer returns to report on the seemingly endless conflict and this time he heads into Cambodia as the incursion of that country is well underway by United States and South Vietnamese military forces. He is accompanied by a slightly erratic photographer with the unhealthy attitude that he is impervious to enemy fire when behind the camera's lens. While in Cambodia they meet a pistol packing, single-minded Nun and dozens of ethnic Vietnamese orphans who have been delivered a death sentence by Cambodia's new acting Prime Minister, Lon Nol. With Journal's help they make a desperate race for the border and salvation. Now wanted by the Judge Advocate General's office for questioning, Journal retreats back into Cambodia hoping the farce will all blow over. But he meets a female reporter as much an outcast from the mainstream media as he. Their similarities create a bond until the war finds a way to force the heavy hand of horror into their fledgling relationship. And lastly, racism and drugs rear their ugly heads as rear echelon United States troops are moved forward in a support capacity for the line troops. Their real world prejudices and minimal training threaten to rot the core of the effort from the inside out. And the ever present enemy awaits any opportunity to hand the Americans a sound defeat should there be a misstep in their favor. Collects Vietnam Journal Series Two issues 6-10. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. It's probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 15 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "The Death of Firebase Ripcord" - The shooting down of a resupply Chinook helicopter sets off a chain reaction that renders Ripcord virtually impossible to continue as a viable fire support base. The decision is finally made to abandon the ill-fated fire base. As Scott 'Journal' Neithammer would write: "It is always easier to get into a fight than to get out of one." The evacuation of Ripcord would be the exception that proved the rule. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two Volume 3 Ripcord written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam Journal, the award-winning series, returns! July 1970. Scott (Journal) Neithammer has been reporting first-hand on President Nixon's military incursion into Cambodia to root out the North Vietnamese Army's, until then, untouchable sanctuaries. However, this all comes to an abrupt end when he is kidnapped by over-zealous Military Police and returned to South Vietnam to face the Provost Marshall's wrath. The incident sparks Neithammer's unexpected journey back into the dreaded A Shau Valley where the 101st Airborne Division, once again, attempts to bloody the noses of the NVA. This brings us to the siege of Fire Support Base RIPCORD. This is a story of over-confidence, arrogance, and revenge on the part of Military Assistance Command Vietnam in Saigon, coupled with an under-strength U.S. force sent to face an enemy who outnumbers them ten to one. RIPCORD was the final large unit battle in the waning days of the Vietnam War for the United States. The troops were expected to face a massive enemy presence, have minimal or no casualties, and receive limited ordinance and support, while vanquishing a highly motivated and well supplied enemy. In the jargon of the boonie rats of the day - "f**king typical". RIPCORD...a little known battle with an all too predictable outcome. Collects Vietnam Journal: Series 2 issues 11-15. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 11 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "LBJ: Long Binh Jail" - July 1970. Scott ‘Journal’ Neithammer has been reporting first-hand on President Nixon’s military incursion into Cambodia to root out the North Vietnamese Army’s, until then, untouchable sanctuaries. However, this all comes to an abrupt end when he is kidnapped by over-zealous Military Police and returned to South Vietnam to face the Provost Marshall’s wrath. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 14 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "An Unsettling Outcome" - Reporter Scott 'Journal' Neithammer is in the catbird seat to witness the 101st Airborne's impending combat assault on the ominous Hill 1000, located one mile west of Fire Support Base Ripcord. It was an operation reminiscent of a similar campaign the 101st became embroiled in one year earlier which became a turning point in the war - Hamburger Hill. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two Volume 2 Journey Into Hell written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. Scott 'Journal' Niethammer returns to report on the seemingly endless conflict and this time he heads into Cambodia as the incursion of that country is well underway by United States and South Vietnamese military forces. He is accompanied by a slightly erratic photographer with the unhealthy attitude that he is impervious to enemy fire when behind the camera's lens. While in Cambodia they meet a pistol packing, single-minded Nun and dozens of ethnic Vietnamese orphans who have been delivered a death sentence by Cambodia's new acting Prime Minister, Lon Nol. With Journal's help they make a desperate race for the border and salvation. Now wanted by the Judge Advocate General's office for questioning, Journal retreats back into Cambodia hoping the farce will all blow over. But he meets a female reporter as much an outcast from the mainstream media as he. Their similarities create a bond until the war finds a way to force the heavy hand of horror into their fledgling relationship. And lastly, racism and drugs rear their ugly heads as rear echelon United States troops are moved forward in a support capacity for the line troops. Their real world prejudices and minimal training threaten to rot the core of the effort from the inside out. And the ever present enemy awaits any opportunity to hand the Americans a sound defeat should there be a misstep in their favor. Collects issues #6-10 of Vietnam Journal Series Two. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. It's probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 2 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "The Diary" - Bay, and his younger brother, Trong, were the last two surviving siblings of a Montagnard family devastated by war. Though the paths they took, not of their own choosing, would lead to even more tragedy, the end was inevitable in an insane war where everyone was scarred to some degree. Though some much more than others. Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, reporting. Praise for Vietnam Journal: “Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant.” - Publishers Weekly.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 10 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "Cambodian Sucker Punch" - Scott "Journal" Neithammer witnesses first hand as racism and drugs rear their ugly heads as rear echelon United States troops are moved forward in a support capacity for the line troops. Their real world prejudices and minimal training threaten to rot the core of the effort from the inside out. And the ever present enemy awaits any opportunity to hand the Americans a sound defeat should there be a misstep in their favor. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Tet 68 4 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. THIS ISSUE: "Inch by Inch" 'Journal', along with most of the other press covering the war, realizes ultimately that although America was winning the battles, they were ultimately losing the war. And becomes obvious that the Viet Cong will do anything to succeed....anything.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Valley of Death written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mini-series "Valley of Death" continues the acclaimed and awarding Vietnam Journal comic book saga. We are taken to the A Shau Valley near the Laotian border where creator, writer, and artist Don Lomax continues to chronicle an embedded journalist's eye-opening experiences of the events during the Vietnam War. Here the United States military decides to launch an offensive into the valley. This has been a long time staging area that the Viet Cong have used for years to send men and supplies into South Vietnam from the enemy¡¯s sanctuary in Laos. Meanwhile 'Journal' becomes fascinated with the story of a prisoner of war who belonged to a small tribe that has lived in the A Shau Valley for centuries. They have no sense of country, politics or idealogy, only for their local people, but they are dragged anyhow into a war they couldn¡¯t even comprehend. The Vietnam Journal series has drawn raves and recommendations from Military Book Club, Entertainment Weekly, Library School Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Collects issues 1-4.